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    I think we will first move to Loyal Wingman drones like the Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat but the days of manned fighters are numbered. It makes sense, if anything happens to the fighter you are unlikely to lose the pilot, and you remove the limitations of the human body on aircraft performance.
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    I've been flying drones for a living for 25 years now, all over the world, in all types of airspace and up to 13,000ft. We had ADS-B out capabilities on the large fixed wing drones I used to fly but would only use it when required by the regulator in complex airspace when it was needed for deconfliction. As per rodgerc's post It is unlikely that you will need ADS-B out unless you are over 400ft or BVLOS in the medium or large category. I can't see them requiring it for sub 25kg drones below 400ft but it will be interesting to see what comes with the Airservices UTM ecosystem they are currently developing. Now I rarely fly the drones and spend more time instructing and dealing with CASA for approvals
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    I have had to use ADS-B flight tracker apps as part of the conditions on some of my CASA RPAS approvals. I have never had an approval that has required me to run ADS-B out on any of my RPAS
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    Waiting for CASA is a real thing, I have an approval request currently submitted and their current target processing time in the RPAS department is 300 business days
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    Group G would have been worthwhile if you could maintain your own aircraft, without that I can't see any appeal at all
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    The pathway to a L2 is Cert II in Aeroskills, 12 months experience, and 2 L2 referees who are happy to say you are competent. I am trying to get RAAus to clarify the number of hours experience instead of saying 12 months (12 months full time = ~1900 hours which would take me years to achieve)
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    IT would require a rewrite of the regulations, currently only A CASA Part 66 licence holder (LAME) with the relevant licence categories can maintain Group G. You can't even use a L2
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    RAAus was always going to be a stepping stone for me, at least it gives you access to cheaper training
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    There is going to be 5 classes of Aircraft maintenance technician certificate, depending on the class you can have different maintenance privileges. https://www.casa.gov.au/rules/regulatory-framework/casr/part-43-casr-maintenance-aircraft-private-and-aerial-work-operations#Extensiveconsultation Hopefully CASA release it in a reasonable timeframe. This is a great thing, especially after RAAus stuffed up Group G by not allowing owner maintenance
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    Don't hold your breath, CASA part 43 is still only proposed and the current scheduled release is Q4 2028
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    Having only flown taildraggers*, mostly without flaps, I feel very comfortable slipping through the circuit and all the way to the flare. A well executed slip to flare is one of the most rewarding feelings when you get it right *I mistakenly got an hour in a nose dragger which confirmed I have no desire to fly anything with a nose wheel
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    The slipping turns? It varies depending on the ALA I was using and the crosswind component.
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    Spent the weekend flying in the Legend Cub after 6 months away from flying due to work commitments and weather cancellations for the last couple of planned trips. Was great to be back in the pilots seat, playing around off airport and practicing my slipping turns.
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    I avoid paved runways whenever possible. I have my plane at Yarram at the moment and the club down there is pushing back against the shire. Last meeting the members approved funding a FOI request for the financial details and the amount of money the shire makes from landing fees. Be interesting to see as I haven't seen reliable information on what Avdata's slice of the pie is
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    I have an external antenna fitted and carry a handheld Icom IC-A16 for radio comms Plenty of people still alive flying without ADS-B or radios for decades
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    Something to be said for having an aircraft with no electrics
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    It's been in development for over 3 years, according to Vans the design is finished, no further details to address
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    I'm a big fan of the RV15 from what I have seen so far. I wouldn't order a kit until they are completely available though, would suck to have the wing kit and then have Vans fold
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    There was enough freedom in the survey to be able to make comment on the content, not just the delivery
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    Latest issue of Sport Pilot has a QR code linking to a Survey as to what should be done with Sport Pilot moving forward. As someone who rarely finds more than one article worth reading per issue it was good to be able to give some feedback
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    Exercise Talisman Sabre is on at the moment so there are a few more American Military aircraft around at the moment
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    You can always use the "Ignore function" for posters like facthunter It would be a pity for you to stop posting. There will always be the comments from the peanut gallery, usually made evident by asserting a fact and failing to back it up with any evidence whilst telling you to research it yourself. Best just to ignore them and move on
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    There will always be people who make claims with out the evidence to back them up. The people who have the failures tell anyone who will listen, the people with no issues rarely tell anyone. Majority of the failures are typically linked to poor maintenance. I always ran 2-5% Motul 2 stroke oil as premix in my oil injected 2 strokes, give you a little bit of safety margin if the oil injection system fails
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    I have a Nostalgair Supa Pup and have the manuals for it, not sure it is the same as a Mk4 Supapup though
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    I did the 2 day practical L1 course at Wings out West in Dubbo. Was a great experience even if I had done most of the practical component previously. Was run by Darren Barnfield from RAAus and Dan from Wings out West.
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